I went to auburn this weekend for my buddy mikes birthday. No photos from the festivities or game we went to, but here's a few from riding. Apparently alabama doesn't suck, or at least not all of it.


Where the tuskegee airmen flew-they were badasses.



sweet half paved/half dirt road



tuskegee air fields




ooh artsy

the football theorem

Right now i'm trying to avoid turning on my TV in fear that monday night football might be on.

Why, you ask?

That's because I've discovered the football theorem, which states that once a cyclist begins to watch NFL football, they're done for the season. Can't race. Thoughts turn to thanksgiving, winter base, and way too much pizza and ice cream. Watching college football also sparks this reaction, although it's not as bad.

See, college teaches you some important stuff.

In other news, I didn't race bikes this weekend, for the first time in a while. I did have a good time but didn't go biking too much. Three more weeks to finish off the season!!!

Some old pictures, just because

recovery riding in belgium


tearing up some cobbles

Training in September?

Training in august was bad enough, now i'm training in september? And I'm not even racing 'cross.

Actually, I'm pretty psyched to be training now and actually have good form. Lately the results have been coming in and I have two more race weekends left to go before a much-needed break. I'm really hoping to get a win before the seasons over but we'll see. Then it's a few weeks off before building up for 2009! Lots of positive stuff on the bikin' front lately and a lot of motivation has me looking forward to trying to tear up some euros next year.

Also, I miss my old roads muchly.

knackered

i'm flattened after the georgia cup around Dahlonega/blairsville this weekend. Dinky litle hillclimb and short road race saturday, plus a monster 93 mile road race yesterday. Got 3rd on GC thanks to a 5th and 6th Saturday and 3rd in the big Road Race Sunday. Also got to hang out for the weekend in one of my favorite places, so it was solid all around. Seriously, i think my classmates thought i had a wicked hangover today, i was slurring words and couldn't walk straight. Think I'll go to bed about 8 tonight.

oh wow....

http://velonews.com/article/82892/sources-lance-armstrong-coming-back

oh shit.

call it what you want, but if Armstrong saves Tour de Georgia, I will thank that man forever.

aaaachhhhh!!!!

Univest started off sweet despite pouring rain all day. within 10 miles I decided it was my favorite race of ever. I was riding well, stayed at the front except for one stupid moment before the first kom, and felt realy good. 50k in I had made the big splits during the warp-speed start and was in the remaining peleton of 50 or so that fought it out for the minor placings behind a 20 man break. Right after that, some guys fell on a downhill, i got around them, sprinted, and promptly slammed into the 11 tooth as my rear deraileur broke. By the time I got a bike the group was 5 minutes up the road and chasing was pointless. Pretty lame considering I felt amazing and think I could have at least finished and fought it out for top 30 or 40 or something in such a stacked field. So I'm about as bummed as you can get although I guess I'm psyched in a way that I felt so good in that strong a field. LAMELAMELAME. maybe more later describing how great this race is when i feel like typing.

Univest!!!

So I'm being a good little cyclist and laying in my dorm room with my legs elevated, just got done eating pasta and a salad, and doing a short spin later. My return to the monastic lifestyle of a cyclist is thanks to my return to brutal UCI racing this weekend! I'm headed up to Souderton, Pa for the Univest Grand Prix. It's one of the biggest one day races in the US and a UCI 1.2. Here (http://www.spartacycling.com/univestgp/teams.html) is the teams list, the highlights include Slipstream, Amore and Vita, Sparkasse, and most of the usual US hit squads sans health net and toyota.

It's a 100 mile race with a 62 mile main loop followed by a bunch of laps of a tough finish circuit. In the past it has blown to pieces and should again this year, especially with rain and wind being forecast for Saturday! I'm really excited, I'm motivated and in good form, so Saturday I just plan on fighting for wheels, riding at the front, and bleeding out of my eyeballs until the race is over or I'm told to stop.

If anyone's interested, the race will be broadcast live on universalsports.com

Shizam

Rolled up to Greenville for the SC state road race on Saturday. Decided to make a weekend of it and hang out for US Pro, the post race party at the Hincapie office, and a tough ride in the mountains monday. It was well worth it, in fact i'm calling a top 5 all time epic weekend.

The race Saturday was brutal, 90 miles and hot and I got myself involved in a 60 mile breakaway. I ended up 2nd, my best result so far in a Pro/1/2 race. The legendary Scottie Weiss won. I understand now why i know that guys name, and he more than likely doesn't know mine. He's strong.